Canning-machine



C. F. CAPELL.

CANNING MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED MAR. a,- 1920.

1,366,1 16, Patented Jan. 18,1921.

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CANNING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8, 1920.

1 ,366, 1 1 6, Patented Jan. 18, 1921.

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CANNING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-8.1920

1,366,1 16. Patented Jan. 18, 1921.

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INXZENTUB, M/ f HIS ATTUBNEY.

UNITED STATEMEATENT OFFICE.

CARL F. GAPELL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-TENTH 'IO KATHERINE MCN'EFF BROWN AND ONE-TENTH TO DOROTHY L. SISTARELLI BOTH 011 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

GANNING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1921.

Application filed March 8,1920. Serial No. 364,259. I

To eZZ whom it may concern:

- etables or with comminuted material, and is an improvement on my can filling machine described in my application No. 300,729 filed May 29th, 1919.

In the drawings forming a part of this application, Figure 1 is a side view of my machine, with parts broken away and parts omitted for clearness of illustration. Fig. 2 is a top plan of a portion of the machine. Fig. 3 is an end view of a portion of the ma chine. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are'detail views of different parts. Fig. 7 is a detail of a slight modification of the can runway.

Referring to the drawings, 10 is the frame, in the upper part of which is mounted the driving shaft 11. A pulley, 12, is mounted 011 shaft 11, and is driven by belt 13, or other means may be usedto drive shaft 11. Pulley 14 is rigid and pulley 15 is lose on shaft 11. Pulleys 14 and 15 are also mounted on shaft 11. A loose pulley 16, and a rigid pulley 17 are mounted on shaft18. A belt 19 passes around pulleys 14, 15, 16, and 17, and when shaft 11 is operated, shaft 18 is also operated. Shaft. 18 carries a driving wheel, 20, and a supporting wheel, 20, the upper surface of which is flush with the top of table 21. lVheel 20 is mounted just above table 21, on which table are mounted idler pulleys 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26. A belt 27 passes around these idler pulleys and is spaced from wheel 20 a sufiicient distance to form a runway for cans 28 as they pass through the machine to be filled. Pulleys 22 and 26 are adjustably mounted so as to tension belt 27 and to beable to decrease the width of the can runway so that cans of a smaller diameter may be used. Inside walls 29 and 30 are also adjustably mounted on the table and form those portions of the inside of the can runway that is not formed by wheel 20. The cans are fed into the runway upon a wheel 20 rigidly mounted on shaft 18 and are caused to'travel through the run way in the direction of the arrow by the rotation of wheels 20, 20 The cans stop from time to time and are cleaned, as described in my former application, the cleaning mechanlsin being omitted,and receive ameasured quantlty of material from measuring chamber'31, which is preferably of a little smaller diameter than the can to be filled. This chamber rests upon and is supported by the lower gate casing 32, and is held in position by the upper gate casing 33. These casings are held together by bolts 34 so that a longer or a shorter measuring chamber may be used. Casings 32 and 33 are both adjustable. In cas ng 32 is a horizontally sliding gate 35, which is slid across the bottom of the measuring chamber to close the same. In casing 33 is a horizontally sliding gate 36 which is slid across the top ofthe measuring chamber .toiclose the same. At the front of gate 36 is a roller 37 which has an axle 38 revolubly mounted in bearings carried by the gate. 011 axle 38 is a pinion 40, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6, which engages rack 41, and roller 37 is rotated as the gate is moved across the top of the chamber to cause any material that might project above the walls of the measuring chamber to be forced by it into the chamber when the gate is closing the top thereof. -Abovecasing 32 is a Supply tube 42through which the material to be canned is fed into chamber 31. At a suitable distance above casing 32, which with gate 35 when closed forms the bottom of two parts. Gate 44 may have a roller like gate 36,- if desired. When gates 44 and 35 are closed the lower part of tube 42 is formed into what I term a pressure chamber into the upper part of which compressed air is supplied from a source of supply, not shown, through pipe 45. To the rear end of gate '47 is attached a bar 47 which projects at right angles thereto and has secured to its outer end a link 46 which passes over belt 27 and carries a gate 46 whose rear end is a little in advance of the front end of gate 47. Gates 46 and 47 stand in staggered relation to each other and are the distance of the diameter of a can apart. A link 48 is secured to gate 47 and when the link is moved by lever 51 gates 46 and 47 are moved tobetween wheel 20 and belt 27 being rotated, and if there is any dis- 40.

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gether. Gate 16 when a can is being filled, stands across the can runway and prevents the cans in the runway from moving and holds the last filled can beneath the syruping valve 49, and the next can beneath the measuring chamber. As soon as the can is 'filled, link as moves gate 17 across the runway just in front of the last filled can, thereby holding it beneath the measuring chamber and permitting the previously filled can to pass on in the runway. Link I8then moves gate 4-7 out of the runway, and gate 46 across the runway, when the last filled can is moved to gate 46 where it stops and an empty can stops beneath the measuring chamber. The syrup valve is the same as that described in my former application, and is operated by lever 50 in the samemanner as therein described. Link 18 is operated by lever 51. Gates 35 and 14 are operated by lever 50. Gate 36 is operated by lever 52. Levers 50, 51, and 52 are operated by springs and cams as described The air pipes and valves are the same, and are operated as therein described. The cans are fed into the runway into engagement with belt 27 and Wheel 20. They are caused to travel and halt beneath the 'measuring chamber and receive the desired amount of material.

- When released they move to beneath the syruping valve and stop. If syrup, or other liquid is required, it is furnished by the syruping valve in the manner described in my former application. On the next release the can passes out of the machine. It Will be observed that-as the can is passing it is tortion of side walls, it is straightened and the side walls are rolled round. The other gates may have rollers. In Fig. 7, the outer side of the can runway is formed of a flexible strip of fabric 54 having springs 55 to adjust the length of the same and a plate 56 at the can filling position which is held by bolt 57 from passing to the other side of the runway when no cans are in the runway. In this form wheel 58 has a flange 59 onto which the cans are fed. the upper surface of which is flush with the top of: table 21 and supports the cans.

Having described my invention I claim.

1. In a canning machine a can runway comprising a horizontally revoluble wheel having an outwardly projecting flange on the lower edge; and adjustable walls torming the inner side 01" said runway; and an adjustable strip forming the outer side ol said runway.

2. In a canning machine having a can runway means to position the cans and to hold them positioned comprising two gates connected together in staggered relation and adapted to pass across said runway one in advance of the other; and means to operate said gates.

3. In a canning machine having a measuring chamber, a gate adapted to slide across the top thereof, said gate having a revoluble roller; and means to cause said roller to rotate when the gate moves across the chamber.

1. In a canning machine means to cause the passage of the cans through the machine comprising a revolving wheel having a flange upon which the cans rest; said wheel causing the cans to revolve as they pass through the machine; yielding and adjustable means to hold said cans upon the llange and in contact with the wheel; gates adapted to pass between the cans and stop their movement; and means to fill the cans with material while the cans are stopped.

5. In a canning machine a im-asuring chamber, gates to close the ends of said chamber; a roller carried by the gate at the top of the chamber; means to revolve said roller as said gate is moved; and means to alternately move said gates.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 20th day of February, 1920.

CARL F. CAPELL. 

